Windows Phone 7 in-depth preview — It's been a long road, hasn't it? Well, in some respects, it hasn't — in fact, it's only been about two years since development of Windows Phone 7 as we know it today kicked off — but when you consider that this product will be replacing Windows Mobile 6.5, that put things in proper perspective.

iPad Available in Nine More Countries This Friday — Apple® today announced that iPad™ will be available in Austria, Belgium, Hong Kong, Ireland, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand and Singapore this Friday, July 23. iPad allows users to connect with their apps and content …

Nokia, RIM, HTC, Samsung and Motorola: Shut Up, Apple — There's nothing wrong with the iPhone 4 that isn't wrong with its rivals. That claim, made by Steve Jobs at the special iPhone 4 press conference Apple held last Friday, drew a loud round of catcalls from the smartphone industry …

In a World of Online News, Burnout Starts Younger — ARLINGTON, Va. — In most newsrooms, the joke would have been obvious. — It was April Fools' Day last year, and Politico's top two editors sent an e-mail message to their staff advising of a new 5 a.m. start time for all reporters.

Policing the Web's Lurid Precincts — Ricky Bess spends eight hours a day in front of a computer near Orlando, Fla., viewing some of the worst depravities harbored on the Internet. He has seen photographs of graphic gang killings, animal abuse and twisted forms of pornography.

Times' Paid Model: The Unofficial Numbers Come In — The Times' paid model is just two weeks old but, still, a number of stats came through this weekend - none of them from the horse's mouth... First, the meat - some potentially significant first numbers on how successful the paper's paid websites have been in their first two weeks.

In-depth FaceTime for iPod touch details — We've already seen a couple screenshots of the iPod touch FaceTime system from BGR but we've found some more details about how it will exactly work. Boy Genius showed that FaceTime on these non-iPhone devices would be based on email addresses.

Sharp Unveils 100GB Blu-ray Disc — Sharp recently announced that it will be the first Blu-ray disc maker to launch a recordable triple layer Blu-ray format with 100GB of storage capacity—twice the capacity of current Blu-ray discs. — The new write-once disc can store up to 12 hours …

Broadband picture may not be so bleak — In March, the Federal Communications Commission released its National Broadband Plan, in which it reported that “the actual download speed experienced on broadband connections in American households is approximately 40-50% of the advertised ‘up to’ speed to which they subscribe.”